The latest physical Japanese video game software and hardware charts are in via Japanese sales tracker, Famitsu. There’s a new No.1 video game this week which has dethroned the unstoppable Nintendo Switch Sports in the land of the rising sun and it is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yabia – The Hinokami Chronicles which shifted 20,964 units on Switch, despite being released in October 2021 on PlayStation systems. The Nintendo Switch family of systems continue to be the best-selling hardware shifting an additional 50,405 units this week. It’s also worth noting that the Xbox Series X|S consoles outsold the PlayStation 5 models this week, though both continue to be affected by stock shortages. Here’s this week’s best-sellers in Japan:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 06/09/22) – 20,964 (111,849)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 18,789 (493,046)
- [NSW] Mario Strikers: Battle League (Nintendo, 06/10/22) – 13,002 (45,175)
- [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 8,649 (769,571)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,456 (4,682,390)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,887 (2,677,377)
- [NSW] Overlord: Escape from Nazarick (Kadokawa, 06/16/22) – 5,682 (New)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 5,462 (3,181,291)
- [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 5,043 (2,560,536)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,364 (4,905,190)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 22,860 (1,899,156)
- Switch – 19,907 (18,399,758)
- Switch Lite – 7,638 (4,761,895)
- Xbox Series S – 3,423 (130,076)
- Xbox Series X – 3,272 (108,983)
- PlayStation 5 – 2,371 (1,451,795)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 664 (242,208)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 215 (1,187,058)
- PlayStation 4 – 18 (7,819,701)